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• Inge Kamerling, Rotterdam
• Jeffrey Wade Oehler, Graceville, Big Stone Co., MN († 1966)
• Erik Vermaat († 2009)
• Jeffrey Wade Kottke, Graceville, Big Stone Co., MN († 1966)
• Henk Kruithof († 2008)
• Isabelle HOUBRACKEN, Gent, 9000, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
• Patricia Fievez, Goirle († 2001)
• anne-marie johanna leonarda (anne-marie) timmermans, helden-panningen
• Maria Anna Louise Kapteijns, Aalst († 1989)
• Klaas Dijkstra († 2004)

• Adeline Louise Philippi (84), Breda, Nederland
• Anna Josepha Hamers (83), Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem
• Agnes van de Kooij (87), Hoogland, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida van der Heij (76), De Punt ( Vries )
• Anjo Snel (65), Musselkanaal
• Bastiaan Ligthart (63), Lutjebroek
• arie leendert REEDIJK (76), s-gravendeel
• Anna Gertrude Callaghan
• Baukje Louwes de Graaf (79), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Arthur Joseph LaGasa (70), Seattle, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1965 » Amanda Brown, Australian violinist and composer
• 1965 » Darren Beadman, Australian jockey
• 1966 » Alvin Patrimonio, Filipino basketball player and manager
• 1966 » Ben Allison, American bassist and composer
• 1966 » Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American model and actress
• 1966 » Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1997)
• 1966 » Kate Ceberano, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1966 » Richard Fortus, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1966 » Sophie Marceau, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1967 » Tab Benoit, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Hendrik
5. Robert
6. Cornelis
7. John
8. Paul
9. Ronald
10. Pieter
11. Marcel
12. Willem
13. Johan
14. Jacob
15. David
16. Richard

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Petra
5. Anna
6. Ingrid
7. Jolanda
8. Elisabeth
9. Yvonne
10. Cornelia
11. Petronella
12. Anita
13. Jacqueline
14. Catharina
15. Sandra
16. Karin

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
• March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
• March 5 » BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board.
• June 13 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• September 12 » Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).
• October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).

The temperature on November 17, 1966 was between 2.3 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.